Saturday, July 27, 2013

ramadhan this year

this year Ar and Ir do full fasting from dawn to dusk. this is day 17 and they haven't left even one. neither does Ibit. I'm glad that they don't complain about being thirsty or hungry or hot weather. well they did on first day. but even adults some times do on first days.

last week we had a plan to kill time and make the sun set sooner. we made cookies for lebaran. and after that prepared some fruits to break our fast. it did well and fun. 



I said the cookies are for lebaran. but kids say lebaran is still two weeks away and the cookies might not be fresh by the time. well okay... so we decided to just enjoy them as soon as they were ready...




the twin cards

I have just finished 15 sets of twin cards (that means 30) of animals for Dek Aik. to put twin cards in sets has been his favorite session in the speech therapy. it helps him to improve his ability to identify things.

I still have a set of fruits pictures to do. and hope I will find more sets of vehicles, professions and things around us. they're difficult to find. I might just find some pictures from internet and print them.


Saturday, July 20, 2013

Pemahaman

Idul Fitri is coming soon. Means we have to meet families and more people in silaturahim. Means I have gotta be ready for questions that might come about Dek Ai's speech delay.

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So far, we assumed Dek Ai' is in the level of pointing things to communicate. He goes to the kitchen and points his bottle when he wants milk. Things like that. Like, he has to see things we're talking about to understand.

Last night we were going to bed. I was bothering him with some words.

"let's take a bath..."
"naaaa..."
"let's sleep..."
"yaaa..."
"let's go out and ride car"

He didn't say a word. He just woke up and held my hand to follow him.

"where's the key? get the car key..."

He ran to the table and seek the key, and got it.

"call Bapak, Bapak will drive us"

And he got back to the room and called. "mppaaak...! mpaaak...!"

And I was sure that he understands words better than people think he does.

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My next goal is for him to say 'susu' (milk) if he wants some. So he doesn't need to drag me to the kitchen and point the bottle.

"wuh wuh!"

"susu?"

"yaaa...."


Thursday, June 20, 2013

(Bukan) Cah Pekok

Bagaimana orang tua memperlakukan anak, mungkin memang dipengaruhi banyak hal. Sifat dasar, tingkat pendidikan dan kondisi psikologis orang tua, lingkungan.

Ada orang yang memang di dalam dirinya sudah tumbuh  kecintaan pada anak. Anak siapa saja. Terlebih pada anaknya. Anak adalah makhluk-makhluk manis yang hanya berhak  mendapatkan curahan kasih sayang. Ada orang yang tidak suka anak. Anak siapa saja. Termasuk anaknya sendiri. Anak adalah kerepotan dalam hidup.

Ada orang yang mengerti dan terus berusaha mencari tahu segala hal baik yang harus diberikan kepada anak. Ada yang hanya mendengar tutur turun temurun tanpa ingin mencari konfirmasi baik buruknya.

Di suatu lingkungan masyarakat yang kukenal, di  mana rata-rata pendidikan penduduknya tidak terlalu tinggi, hal-hal tentang mengasuh anak sering menjadi keprihatinan tersendiri buatku. Para usia muda dengan pendidikan minimal SMA, ternyata masih banyak juga yang sekedar anut apa kata tetua.

Banyak hal sedih kutemui menyangkut perlakuan orang tua -termasuk lingkungan- yang tidak semestinya terhadap anak. Seorang anak yang bibirnya sumbing dikucilkan. Orang tuanya jadi bahan gunjingan. Seorang anak yang mengidap ayan dijauhi. Takut tertular kejang dan berbusa. Bahkan dia dianggap 'gila'.

Seorang anak dengan keterbelakangan mental, bicara tidak jelas, apalagi tidak bisa bicara, akan dipanggil 'cah pekok'. Dia sangat rentan jadi bahan olok-olokan anak-anak sebayanya. Dan bahan gunjingan asik bagi para orang dewasa.

Aku mengerti sekali kekhawatiran keenam orang tuaku. Enam. Bapak Ibuku. Bapak Ibu mertuaku. Dan embah mertuaku. Dek Ai' sampai lewat usia tiga tahun belum juga bisa bicara banyak. Dari mulutnya baru muncul satu dua kata. Aku mengerti sekali rasa malu yang Bapak Ibu mertua dan Embah mertuaku mungkin rasakan, dengan lingkungan pemahaman yang menyedihkan itu. Come on. Jangankan di desa terpelosok begitu, bahkan di lingkungan rumah tempat tinggal kami yang notabene kota dan maju, pembicaraan miring tentang Dek Ai' masih kudengar sayup-sayup...

Gimana rasanya kalau ada yang 'kewetu' di depan mereka, atau di depanku, bahwa Dek Ai' itu 'cah pekok'?

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Aku tidak malu dengan keadaan Ai'. Jika ada yang bertanya kenapa dia masih ber 'ah-uh' saja dan belum bisa bicara, ya memang dia belum bisa bicara. Tapi kelak dia akan bisa.

Dan sudah sebisa mungkin menjelaskan ke orang tua dan embah, bahwa Dek Ai' sudah ditangani psikolog dan terapis yang menguasai permasalahannya. Mempunyai kapasitas untuk menganalisis kondisi Dek Ai', menyusun program dan kurikulum yang runtut untuk dilatihkan. Dek Ai' bukan anak autis. Bukan anak down syndrome. Bukan cah pekok.

Dia terlambat dan akan mengejar. Bukan tidak bisa bicara. 

Thursday, June 6, 2013

the accident

Photo: kucing jawa memang lincah dan tak bisa diam. kami tak tahu ke mana Cempluk main kemarin siang, sore hari dia pulang dalam keadaan luka parah dan tak mau dipegang. dokter hewan baru bisa menolongnya tengah malam, ketika dia sudah kehabisan darah dan koma. napasnya berhenti begitu kami sampai di rumah. and there was nothing we could do. bye, Cempluk.

Yesterday afternoon Cempluk, our little kitten, get home wounded. Her leg was broken and bleeding so badly. We tried to give her a help but she was like screaming every time we tried to touch her.We called the vet but he was out of town and might be home late.

At about nine the vet texted me, he just got home but so tired and sleepy. He couldn't see Cempluk then and promised to come in the morning. I tried to just accept that. But at about eleven before we should be going to bed, Ibit took a look at Cempluk and found the kitten didn't move at all. Ibit thought she was died. I saw her and find her still breathing. I immediately brought her to the vet's home and ask for some help.

He was shocked to see Cempluk's condition. He didn't think it was that bad. Oh it was, so bad. He said Cempluk must have been hit by a car. We couldn't figure out who's car that could be. Coz' ours didn't get out the carport the whole day.

The vet started to suture the wound, while observing Cempluk. He said Cempluk was already in a comma for losing too much blood and bearing too much pain, she didn't respond the light that was directed to her eyes. 

So after it was done, we brought Cempluk home. And right when we got home and I brought the basket out of the car, we found that Cempluk was no longer breathing.

We did what we could. Wasn't the best I know. We should've tried to find other vet to help her as soon as possible. I do hope this would never happen again.

Good bye, Cempluk.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

terlambat

59 detik

location: my office

Monday, April 29, 2013

Niki and the suspense.

This morning began with a suspense. the boys were looking for Niki. We haven't seen her since yesterday evening. The last time she was seen by Ibit at around 4 pm. Hurt, lying near the fence.

Nanny said Niki's leg might have been crushed when Dan unpark the car out of the carport. I was opening the block gate. The kids we're at their friends' house. So there was no one who made sure no cat were lying under the car.

As the car went out, Nanny heard Niki crying out. She got out the house to check out and found Niki's leg was hurt.

No body told me about this until this morning. So I was kinda panic. We tried to seek Niki but couldn't find it. I went to office with so not abysmally feeling. I thinj I cried a little bit thinkin of Niki.

This afternoon Ir texted me saying Niki was found. One of his leg was lame and at seem hurts. I told him to just let her have some rest, give her some milk and food for her to soon be healed. Hopefully.

Huft...

Parking and unparking has been a traumatic moment. Two kitten has been killed accidentally. Now Niki get her leg hurt.

Think we have to be more careful after this.